Johnny Depp leaves a surprise performance at Royal Albert Hall in London, England on Tuesday night (May 31).
27.05.2022 - 18:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
‘We’re not paedophiles’ a councillor proclaimed as he railed against ‘evil’ election campaign smears in an astonishing town hall outburst.
Labour councillor Steven Bashforth, who represents Royton South, was speaking at full council as councillors paid tribute to members who lost their seats in the May 5 local elections.
These included former leader Arooj Shah, who was defeated by the Conservatives in Chadderton South, and ex-cabinet member Hannah Roberts whose seat in Royton North was also won by the Tories.
Incumbent Abdul Malik was beaten in the Coldhurst ward by independent – and former Labour councillor – Montaz Ali Azad.
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Campaigning during the pre-election period, especially in the Chadderton South ward, was dogged with accusations that the Conservative party had been distributing ‘racist and misogynistic’ leaflets from a third party – a claim the Tories denied.
The leaflets – seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service – also referenced a ‘cover up’ of allegations of child sexual exploitation in the borough. Allegations of CSE are currently the subject of an independent review which was due to report in January, but which has been delayed to assess new evidence.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the full council, Coun Bashforth said that that many councillors have lost their seats because of the ‘lies and the evilness’ that was apparent during the election campaign.
The councillor said that he had been called a ‘paedo’ by men driving past in a car while out campaigning on the doorstep.
“Some of the other speeches that we’ve heard referring to a particularly evil, nasty, despicable campaign that was fought this year,” he said.
“I’ve
Johnny Depp leaves a surprise performance at Royal Albert Hall in London, England on Tuesday night (May 31).
Johnny Depp surprised British fans as he took to the stage in London on Monday night, a day after performing in Sheffield alongside his longtime friend and music collaborator Jeff Beck. Having spent the past six weeks in a Fairfax County, Virginia courthouse, Johnny, 58, opted for a change of scenery as he was pictured rocking out on stage at the Royal Albert Hall with Beck, for the second night in a row. The star was seen letting loose just days after closing arguments were heard in the $100million libel lawsuit he launched against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Johnny Depp received a standing ovation at the Royal Albert Hall in London as he joined his friend and singer Jeff Beck to perform a series of music covers, including John Lennon's Isolation and Marvin Gaye's What's Going on.MORE: Surprising reason Johnny Depp WON'T be in court when trial verdict is readA video shared online shows the crowd going wild for the actor, who is currently awaiting the verdict in his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.WATCH: Johnny Depp's witness goes viral after remarkable comment to Amber Heard's lawyerAs the cheers and applause continued, the actor can be seen clapping back at the audience, who no doubt enjoyed the performance.READ: Amber Heard makes surprising last-minute request regarding juryRELATED: Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose breaks social media silence amid dad's trialTaking to Twitter, one fan wrote: "So happy to see you enjoying yourself Johnny after all that you've been through."Johnny Depp is set to perform again on TuesdayAnother added: "So, so heartwarming to witness Johnny Depp with Jeff Beck live at Royal Albert Hall earlier. If he can head for London for a well-deserved party after going up against his own 'you know who', no better place to be appreciated, eh? Party time indeed.
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Eric Clapton has been forced to postpone two of his upcoming shows after testing positive for COVID-19.The guitarist kicked off his latest UK and European tour earlier this month with a pair of shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London.However, Clapton has now announced that he is rescheduling his planned dates in Zurich, Switzerland and Milan, Italy, which had been set to take place tonight (May 17) and tomorrow (May 18), after he contracted COVID following the second Albert Hall gig.“Eric Clapton is unfortunately suffering from COVID having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the Royal Albert Hall,” a statement on Clapton’s website reads.
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